giopotato123

[giopotato123]

weird Oregon things that apparently are not normal in other places

-you are not allowed to pump your own gas

-no sales tax

-pretty much any weather other than rain or 70 degrees Fahrenheit is a severe weather condition

-guaranteed you can never tell if an Oregon girl is queer, hipster, or an actual lumberjack (or all three) 

-we always wear socks and Birkenstocks (Birkensocks) (and yes we even wear them in the rain)

-allergies all year long. all. year. long.

-if you litter even once the entire state judges you 

-where I live in Oregon plastic bags have been banned and you have to pay for paper ones when you shop and people will look at you weird in Trader Joe’s if you don’t bring your own bag tried and true fact of life 

-intense dislike for Californians, unless you are from NORTHERN California, in which case you can scrape by but just barely

-intense dislike for Washington drivers

-if you use an umbrella you are weak and natural selection is coming for you

-everyone has a weird Portland International Airport carpet fetish and no one thinks it’s weird ( I literally have a 12″x12″ square of the original carpet at my house because my mom found it on Ebay)

-pretty much the most dangerous animal you see ever is a cougar and they get scared by like, chihuahuas 

-full of liminal spaces. Reality is slightly altered here and this is a fact

-FIERCEST college rivalry ever, one time I wore a Oregon State University (Beavers) sweatshirt to University of Oregon’s (Ducks) campus and some dude on a bike told me I was going to burn in hell

-??? everyone has a Hydroflask for some reason I honest to God don’t know how I ended up with mine